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New fly half?
DIR By: Quinto
Date: April 18, 2026, 5:55 am
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Re: New fly half?
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: April 18, 2026, 6:04 am
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Harlequins lead rugby transition coach Matt Ferguson is being
touted for a move to Gallagher PREM rivals Gloucester and United
Rugby Championship outfit Munster next season.
Quins are currently reviewing the futures of all of their
coaches, and Gloucester are looking to replace Trevor Woodman,
while Munster are in the market after Alex Codling decided to
move on to Toulon next season.
Former All Black fly-half Nick Evans looks set to leave, which
could open the door for Connacht, while former Lions star Adam
Jones could return home and link up with Wales on a permanent
basis.
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Re: New fly half?
DIR By: euroquin
Date: April 18, 2026, 7:13 am
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For the fly-half, no thanks. Just another journeyman who used to
play in the Champ. Play Bellamy and Slevin as 10 backups
(otherwise we just risk them leaving like Benson due to a lack
of game time). If he was a hybrid 10/12 then I might be more
interested but he is apparently 170 cm tall and weighs 80 kg!
On the coaching side, I hope we keep Ferguson as he looked
genuinely engaged at the fan forum meeting on transition from
academy to senior squad, which is apparently a priority area.
I'm not against NeV and Bomb going if it allowed JG to appoint
the coaching team he wanted - provided we are able to do so, not
least financially.
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Re: New fly half?
DIR By: Quinky
Date: April 18, 2026, 7:31 am
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> (otherwise we just risk them leaving like Benson due to a lack
of game time).
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I thought he left because he believed he stood a chance at
eventually playing for Ireland? He could have played every
minute of every game and that would still have drawn him away.
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Re: New fly half?
DIR By: FishQuin
Date: April 18, 2026, 7:50 am
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> I thought he left because he believed he stood a chance at
eventually playing for Ireland? He could have played every
minute of every game and that would still have drawn him away.
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If only the world were so black and white.
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Re: New fly half?
DIR By: euroquin
Date: April 18, 2026, 9:53 am
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> I thought he left because he believed he stood a chance at
eventually playing for Ireland? He could have played every
minute of every game and that would still have drawn him away.
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From MQ's interview with Laurie: "Benson had a few key factors
that were really important to him, as he wanted consistent first
team rugby as well as the desire for international rugby.
The difficulty with staying at Quins wouldn’t have given him
either of those things on a
consistent or more guaranteed basis in his view".
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Re: New fly half?
DIR By: Quinky
Date: April 18, 2026, 11:37 am
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> From MQ's interview with Laurie: "Benson had a few key factors
that were really important to him, as he wanted consistent first
team rugby as well as the desire for international rugby.
> The difficulty with staying at Quins wouldn’t have given him
either of those things on a
> consistent or more guaranteed basis in his view".
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Indeed. And there's only one of those that Quins could have
given.
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Re: New fly half?
DIR By: Fursty
Date: April 18, 2026, 2:21 pm
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James Lang has announced he’s leaving Edinburgh at the end of
the season, could do worse for a 10/12 squad player.
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Re: New fly half?
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: April 19, 2026, 2:34 am
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> James Lang has announced he’s leaving Edinburgh at the end of
the season, could do worse for a 10/12 squad player.
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Wouldn’t be against it in principle, probably cheaper than
Jarrod contract wise, although for how we want to play he’s
probably not the type of 12 we need
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